What is China's understanding of traditional culture?

China traditional culture (national civilization, customs and spirit)

The definition of "culture" is often "different people have different opinions". According to the statistics in "Culture: A Critical Survey of Concepts and Definitions" published by American culturists kroeber and Kluckhohn in 1952, scholars all over the world have defined culture more than 170. Etymologically speaking, in the west, the word "culture" comes from Latin culture, which means farming, training, education, development and respect. 187 1 year, edward tylor, a British anthropologist, described culture in his book Primitive Culture: "Knowledge, belief, art, morality, law, habits, etc. are all abilities and habits acquired as members of society and are collectively called culture.

brief introduction

In China, the word "culture" has existed since ancient times. The original meaning of "Wen" refers to the interlaced texture of various colors, which means decoration and article. "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" said: "Wen, wrong painting, like writing." Its extension includes all kinds of symbols, including language, cultural relics laws and regulations, etiquette system and so on. The original meaning of "transformation" is change, generation and creation. The so-called "all things are transformed" is extended to transformation, enlightenment and cultivation. China's ancient concepts of "culture" basically belong to the category of spiritual civilization and often correspond to "force", "martial arts" and "barbarism". They contain positive idealism, embody the "yin" and "softness" in the general plan of governing the country, and have both political connotation and ethical significance. Secondly, this word was largely used as a verb in ancient times, and it was a method and proposition to govern society. It opposes military conquest, but it is related to it and complements each other. The so-called "courtesy before soldiers" is a kind of martial arts. Some also include snacks, customs and other traditional cultures.

trait

China's traditional culture is a kind of national culture that reflects national characteristics and features, and it is the overall representative of various ideological cultures and ideologies in national history. It refers to the culture with distinctive national characteristics, long history, profound connotation and excellent traditions, which was created by the Chinese nation and its ancestors living in China and passed down from generation to generation. To put it simply, it is the general name of various national civilizations, customs and spirits expressed through different cultural forms.

1, passed down from generation to generation. China's traditional culture has been interrupted in some short historical periods and changed more or less in different historical periods, but it has not been interrupted on the whole and has not changed much on the whole.

2, national characteristics. China's traditional culture is unique to China and different from other national cultures in the world.

It has a long history. It has a history of five thousand years.

4. Broad and profound. "Wide" refers to the breadth of China's traditional culture-rich and colorful, and "deep" refers to the depth of China's traditional culture-unfathomable.